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Magnitude 6.2 earthquake downs walls, cuts power in northern...

SANTIAGO, Chile — A magnitude-6.2 magnitude earthquake damaged walls, shattered windows and knocked out electricity in parts of far-northern Chile and the Peruvian city of Tacna but no injuries or major damage were reported. The [...]

Posted On : May, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

7.2 magnitude earthquake shakes central Chile; no reports of...

A major quake hit central Chile on Sunday, rattling buildings in the capital and triggering a coastal evacuation, but there was no serious damage and big mines in the world’s No. 1 copper producer were operating normally. Resid [...]

Posted On : Mar, 26 2012 | Comments : 0

Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes China

An earthquake has struck the far west of China but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The US Geological Survey said Friday that the magnitude 5.8 quake struck about 7 a.m. (local time) in the southern part of Xinjiang [...]

Posted On : Mar, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

4.6-magnitude earthquake rattles Haitians: no immediate repo...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A moderate earthquake has rattled southern Haiti, causing some people to run out of buildings in fear. There were no immediate reports of damage. The United States Geological Survey is reporting that the magn [...]

Posted On : Mar, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Magnitude 6.8 earthquake shakes central Philippines, kills c...

MANILA, Philippines — A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck the central Philippines on Monday, killing a child and triggering a local tsunami alert. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology issued the tsunami alert for the [...]

Posted On : Feb, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes off Vancouver Island

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck off Vancouver Island on Saturday, some 209 miles west of Victoria, the capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There was a report on the USGS website of the [...]

Posted On : Feb, 05 2012 | Comments : 0

3.8-magnitude earthquake hits early Tuesday near Clearlake O...

CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – Residents around the county reported feeling an early morning earthquake that was centered near Clearlake Oaks. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 3.8-magnitude quake occurred at 4:11 a.m. at a depth of 1.9 [...]

Posted On : Jan, 25 2012 | Comments : 0

6.6 magnitude earthquake hits southeastern Russia, USGS says

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 struck a sparsely populated region of southeastern Russia on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake rumbled a part of Russia near its border with Mongolia. Its epicenter was a [...]

Posted On : Dec, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

5.9-magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia's Sulawesi, no casua...

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Monday, US seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, and no tsunami alert. The quake hit at 9:23am (0123 GMT) at a depth of 33 k [...]

Posted On : Dec, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

7.1-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Papua New Guinea

An earthquake measuring 7.1 magnitude hit Papua New Guinea on Wednesday afternoon, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The tremor struck at a depth of 75 miles, about 137 miles north-northwest of the capital Port Moresby at 3 [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

5.4-magnitude quake hits west China

An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted the border area of Sichuan and Gansu provinces in western China at 5:58 a.m. Tuesday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. The epicenter, with a depth of 2 [...]

Posted On : Nov, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Peru earthquake hits coast with 6.9 magnitude

A magnitude-6.9 earthquake centered off Peru's central coast sent people running panicked into the streets Friday in cities badly damaged by a killer quake four years earlier. There were no reports of damage though hospital directors [...]

Posted On : Oct, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Rare 4.6 magnitude earthquake strikes near San Antonio, Texa...

A rare and record-breaking South Texas earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.6 struck near rural Karnes County on Thursday morning, rattling homes and causing faint tremors in downtown San Antonio. No injuries or major damage wa [...]

Posted On : Oct, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

3.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Santa Fe area

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake “is unusual for this area, historically,” Richard Aster, a professor of Geophysics at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, wrote the New Mexican in an email Monday. “The present es [...]